Ina Forrest | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Born | May 25, 1962 Canada | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Paralympic appearances | 4 (2010, 2014, 2018, 2022) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Ina Forrest (born 25 May 1962) is a wheelchair curler selected to be second for Canada's team [n 1] at the 2010 and 2014 Winter Paralympics, winning a gold medal on both occasions. [1] She has also won a gold medal 3 times in the World Wheelchair Curling Championships, in 2009, 2011, and 2013. [2] She was inducted into the Canadian Curling Hall of Fame in February 2016. [2] She is a member of the Vernon Curling Club in Vernon, British Columbia. [3]
She started wheelchair curling in 2004, and won silver in both the 2004 and 2005 Canadian National Wheelchair Curling Championships as a member of the British Columbia wheelchair curling team, before being named in 2006 to the Canadian Wheelchair Curling Team [n 1] for whom she has since competed, as of 2018 [update] , in the next 9 World Wheelchair Curling Championships (starting in 2007) and the next 3 Winter Paralympics (starting in 2010). [2]
Winter Paralympics [2] [5] | |||
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Gold | Wheelchair curling | 2010 | Vancouver, Canada |
Gold | Wheelchair curling | 2014 | Sochi, Russia |
Bronze | Wheelchair curling | 2018 | Pyeongchang, South Korea |
Bronze | Wheelchair curling | 2022 | Beijing, China |
World Wheelchair Curling Championships [2] | |||
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Finish | Event | Year | Place |
4 | Wheelchair curling | 2007 | Sollefteå, Sweden |
4 | Wheelchair curling | 2008 | Sursee, Switzerland |
Gold | Wheelchair curling | 2009 | Vancouver, Canada |
Gold | Wheelchair curling | 2011 | Prague, Czech Republic |
7 [6] | Wheelchair curling | 2012 | Chuncheon, South Korea |
Gold | Wheelchair curling | 2013 | Sochi, Russia |
6 [7] | Wheelchair curling | 2015 | Lohja, Finland |
7 | Wheelchair curling | 2016 | Lucerne, Switzerland |
5 | Wheelchair curling | 2017 | Pyeongchang, South Korea |
10 | Wheelchair curling | 2019 | Stirling, Scotland |
Silver | Wheelchair curling | 2020 | Wetzikon, Switzerland |
5 | Wheelchair curling | 2021 | Beijing, China |
Silver | Wheelchair curling | 2023 | Richmond, Canada |
She and her husband Curtis are small business owners. They have three children: Evany, Marlon and Connor. [2]
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R13. WHEELCHAIR CURLING ... (h) For WCF wheelchair competitions, each on-ice team must have four players delivering stones and must be comprised of both genders at all times during games. A team violating this rule will forfeit the game.(The quote is from pages 20 and 21 of the pdf file The_Rules_of_Curling_(October_2017).pdf which can be downloaded from the afore-mentioned website.)
WWhCC 2012 - Final Standings: ... 7. Canada 3-6* ... * teams are ranked according to their win–loss record against each other at the event.
Standings ... 6.Canada